[9.01] Presenting a Prototype for a Streaming Video Astronomy Course

There is a need to provide high quality astronomy education
to the largest possible audience. Streaming video over the
internet is one way to reach these students. Presenting
video images over the internet has challenges. We must try
to engage the student in a high quality learning experience.
But, we must take into account limited bandwidth available
over the internet. The developed course content is based on
national standards. An in house course management system has
been developed to provide access to the course content and
to facilitate communication between the students and
faculty, and the students and each other. The course, as
delivered, contains video narration, still pictures, and
text using Flash for presentation. The student learning
experience will be demonstrated. This work is supported by
various NASA grants.

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